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Do you notice 120Hz and above when doing office tasks? I'd much rather have improved resolution and PPI rather than 120Hz for that use case.

throawayonthe 8mo ago
Yes, absolutely
nstfn 8mo ago
any animation work
archagon 8mo ago
Very obvious when scrolling text and moving windows around, for example.
kristoff_it 8mo ago
100% yes
amarshall 8mo ago
Yes. Even 90 Hz is a noticeable improvement over 60 Hz. I wouldn’t pick it over high-DPI, though.
jasomill 8mo ago
120 Hz vs 60 Hz? Night and day. Immediately noticeable just by moving the mouse pointer. Would expect improvements in scrolling to be apparent to even the most casual passers-by. 120 Hz can also noticeably improve frame pacing for 24p video*. 120 Hz vs 144 Hz? Barely noticeable when flipping between the two. Not sure if I'd pass an ABX test with 100% accuracy. Can't speak for 240 Hz or higher, as I haven't used them. * Though 119.88 Hz is probably a better default for this since most non-DCI "24p" video is still 23.976 FPS; this is changing, but until browsers and streaming apps support VRR for video, I'm not convinced this is a good thing due to the mountain of legacy 23.976 FPS content.
- hbn 8mo ago
  > 120 Hz vs 60 Hz? Night and day. It's night and day when you're going back and forth between looking at them and wiggle your mouse around in circle. But after a few seconds of being focused on your work, you're not thinking about it anymore. Being able to watch 24fps video without non-integer frame weirdness is the only real advantage outside of twitch-reaction gaming.
  - tumult 7mo ago
    I disagree. 120hz makes typing, mousing, etc. noticeably more responsive. I never stop noticing it. I never liked having to use 60hz all the time once LCDs were replacing CRTs. The original iMac didn't even let you choose 60hz to run the desktop at -- it only offered higher refresh rates in the menus. (Games could set the display to 60hz if they really wanted to.)
  - merlindru 7mo ago
    everything feels much more responsive on 120hz+ especially noticeable with typing. and scrolling.
  - throawayonthe 7mo ago
    i'm currently on a 60hz laptop screen and keep finding desktop switching and scrolling jarringly choppy, it's also harder to read while scrolling or panning around a map/pdf
akvadrako 7mo ago
I don't notice it at all, on my laptop or phone. Even when having one monitor 60 and one 120 next too it. Only when looking at demo pages to show off high refresh rates can I tell. Though what I do notice is replacing the mouse with a higher polling rate from 125Hz to 250Hz.

throawayonthe 8mo ago

Yes, absolutely

nstfn 8mo ago

any animation work

archagon 8mo ago

Very obvious when scrolling text and moving windows around, for example.

kristoff_it 8mo ago

100% yes

amarshall 8mo ago

Yes. Even 90 Hz is a noticeable improvement over 60 Hz. I wouldn’t pick it over high-DPI, though.

jasomill 8mo ago

120 Hz vs 60 Hz? Night and day. Immediately noticeable just by moving the mouse pointer. Would expect improvements in scrolling to be apparent to even the most casual passers-by. 120 Hz can also noticeably improve frame pacing for 24p video*. 120 Hz vs 144 Hz? Barely noticeable when flipping between the two. Not sure if I'd pass an ABX test with 100% accuracy. Can't speak for 240 Hz or higher, as I haven't used them. * Though 119.88 Hz is probably a better default for this since most non-DCI "24p" video is still 23.976 FPS; this is changing, but until browsers and streaming apps support VRR for video, I'm not convinced this is a good thing due to the mountain of legacy 23.976 FPS content.

hbn 8mo ago
> 120 Hz vs 60 Hz? Night and day. It's night and day when you're going back and forth between looking at them and wiggle your mouse around in circle. But after a few seconds of being focused on your work, you're not thinking about it anymore. Being able to watch 24fps video without non-integer frame weirdness is the only real advantage outside of twitch-reaction gaming.
- tumult 7mo ago
  I disagree. 120hz makes typing, mousing, etc. noticeably more responsive. I never stop noticing it. I never liked having to use 60hz all the time once LCDs were replacing CRTs. The original iMac didn't even let you choose 60hz to run the desktop at -- it only offered higher refresh rates in the menus. (Games could set the display to 60hz if they really wanted to.)
- merlindru 7mo ago
  everything feels much more responsive on 120hz+ especially noticeable with typing. and scrolling.
- throawayonthe 7mo ago
  i'm currently on a 60hz laptop screen and keep finding desktop switching and scrolling jarringly choppy, it's also harder to read while scrolling or panning around a map/pdf

akvadrako 7mo ago

I don't notice it at all, on my laptop or phone. Even when having one monitor 60 and one 120 next too it. Only when looking at demo pages to show off high refresh rates can I tell. Though what I do notice is replacing the mouse with a higher polling rate from 125Hz to 250Hz.